Improvement in apparatus for moistening the atmosphere



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Apparatus for Moistening the Atmosphere.

- No. 222,888. Patented Dec. 23,1879.

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J. G. GARLAND.

Apparatuef'or Moistening the Atmosphere.

No. 222,888. Patented Dec. 23, I879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES G. GARLAND, OF 'BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR MOISTENING THE ATMOSPHERE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,888, dated December23, 1879 application filed September 25, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES G. GARLAND, of Biddeford, county of York, andState of Maine, have invented an Improvement in Apparatus for Moisteningthe Atmosphere, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for moistening the air or throwinginto a room water, or liquid, or medicants, and is applicable to everyvarietyof room, and whether re quired for mechanical, hygienic, or anyother purpose.

The object of the invention is to provide an.

. apparatus which shall keep the air constantly supplied with anydesired amount of moisture or liquid, and which shall at the same time,

difi'use such moisture or liquid uniformly throughout the differentparts of the room.

Heretofore different kinds of devices have been described for impartinghumidity to the atmosphere of rooms, one of which is described inLetters Patent granted to me on the 1st day of July, 1873, and reissuedon the 12th day of August, 1879, No. 8,847. The apparatus described inthis patent, although well calculated to infuse a large amount ofmoisture or liquid into the atmosphere of an apartment, was not providedwith any means by which the moisture or liquid could be uniformlydistributed into all the parts of the room, so as to make the atmosphereequally moist throughout the entire apartment.

An apparatus has also been devised for imparting moisture to a currentof air admitted toa room or building by which the room or building wassupplied with air moistened previous to its admission. Such an apparatusinvolved the mechanical supply of air to the room in addition to theapparatus for difiusin g moisture throughout the air.

I am also aware that an arrangement of pipes has been devised to becarried around a room, conveying water under pressure and sprayingthrough ordinary spraying devices, such as the rose, whereby the watercould be divided into thin streams, but not thoroughly diffused in theform of vapor.

My aim is to obtain the advantages of thorough and uniform diffusionthrough all parts of the room by means of atomizers, combined with asystem of Water-pipes, and of air or steam, pipes, the air or steampipes having proper apparatus for applying pressure, and the water-pipesbeing connected with a water-supply adapted to keep constantly on thesame level in all the liquid-legs of the atomizer.

My apparatus, which is intended as a supplement or auxiliary to theapparatus described in my patent referred to above, consists, therefore,of a seriesof pipes arranged throughout the room, and provided withpipes adapted to conduct water and air or steam, and also provided withatomizers arranged in different parts of the room in numbers sufficientto completely and uniformly moisten the air or distribute liquid inevery part, said air or steam pipes being provided with apparatus togive a regulated pressure, and said waterpipes being connected with ahead or supply v the water and air supply. Fig.2 represents a sideelevation of the bracket with the branch.

pipes and atomizers in side elevatiomand the main supply-pipes insection. 4

In these drawings, Arepresents apipe, which conveys the water to theatomizer, and which is arranged below the air-pipe B. Both of thesepipes however, are represented as attached to the same row of posts, andthey are carried along near each other. Instead of being arranged in themanner shown upon posts throughout the room, these pipes may beconcealed within the ceiling or walls,-or beneath the floor, and branchpipes be carried to any desired point in the room from these mainconcealed pipes.

As represented more clearly in Fig. 2, transverse pipes a a areconnected to the water-pipe A. These pipes are represented as exactduplicates, and, manifestly, one or both may be used, according totherequirements of the room. Upon the outer ends of the pipes to a arefixed short vertical pipes b, into the open ends of which are let downthe liquid-legs m of the atomizers. The supply of water through the pipeA into these branches must be arranged so that the Water will stand at alevel indicated in Fig. 1,'or approximatelyin that position. 7

To the air-pipe B is connected also a series of branch pipes, 0 0, eachset of which is arranged in relation to the branch water-pipes I), so asto act properly in relation throughout and accomplish the effect of theordinary atomizer.

This apparatus for forcing out the diffused moisture or liquid, beingwell known, need not 7 here be specifically described.

- may be introduced by any blower or any mode of pressure, I may usesteam under pressure brought by the pipe B to thebranch pipes c 0, steamobviously acting in the same manner for the diffusion of the moisture asthe compressed air.

The atomizer-s are located at any convenient point upon the pipes, andare firmly supported in place by a bracket, D, provided with arms 0,through holes in which the transverse pipes pass.

The spray-tube is represented at N, Fig. 2.

When air is used in this apparatus the atomizing-tube should be ofglass, and of metal when steam is used, and the connections with thesteam-pipe should also be of metal, while, when the apparatus is usedwith air, the'connections may be made of rubber. The main supply-pipesonly are fastened to the hangers or posts, and the spray-arms are always10- eated at suitable distances from the posts, in order that the spraymay not be thrown thereon.

The air or steam connections are supplied with proper stop-cocks, asrepresented clearly in Fig.2.

I do not limit myself to the special arrangement of pipes which Lhaveshown, since the arrangement may be manifestly changed, as hereinbeforeindicated.

What I claim is The combination of the water-pipe A, air or steam pipe Bor O, branch pipes at b, and branch air or steam pipes c, said partsbeing arranged in relation to each other, and connected to thewater-supply and to the steam or air supply, as set forth.

In testimony whereof .l have signed my name 'to this specificationin thepresence of two sub-

